TRICHLOROETHYLENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trichloroethylene mean? 

• TRICHLOROETHYLENE (noun)
  The noun TRICHLOROETHYLENE has 1 sense:

1. a heavy colorless highly toxic liquid used as a solvent to clean electronic components and for dry cleaning and as a fumigant; causes cancer and liver and lung damage

  Familiarity information: TRICHLOROETHYLENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRICHLOROETHYLENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A heavy colorless highly toxic liquid used as a solvent to clean electronic components and for dry cleaning and as a fumigant; causes cancer and liver and lung damage

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

TCE; trichloroethane; trichloroethylene

Hypernyms ("trichloroethylene" is a kind of...):

ethene; ethylene (a flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic)